Atonement and Comparative Theology: The Cross in Dialogue with Other Religions
Catherine Cornille
Abstract
The central Christian belief in salvation through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ remains one of the most intractable mysteries of Christian faith. In Atonement and Comparative Theology, Christian theologians with expertise in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and African religions reflect on how engagement with these traditions sheds new light on the Christian understanding of atonement by pointing to analogous structures of sin and salvation, drawing new attention to the scandal of the cross, and offering fresh insight into the meaning of redemption. Together ... More
The central Christian belief in salvation through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ remains one of the most intractable mysteries of Christian faith. In Atonement and Comparative Theology, Christian theologians with expertise in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and African religions reflect on how engagement with these traditions sheds new light on the Christian understanding of atonement by pointing to analogous structures of sin and salvation, drawing new attention to the scandal of the cross, and offering fresh insight into the meaning of redemption. Together, they illustrate the many ways in which comparative theology may deepen and enrich Christian theological reflection upon the salvific meaning of the cross.
Keywords:
atonement,
comparative theology,
Cross,
redemption,
resurrection,
salvation,
sin,
suffering
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2021 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780823294350 |
| Published to Fordham Scholarship Online: January 2022 |
DOI:10.5422/fordham/9780823294350.001.0001 |
